land shark

Sienna Point's Red Bliss "Tater" is official. He arrived on Saturday and is a total nut! Sweets is digging him, but really prefers that he grow quick, so he can chase her. So far, we've been peeing and pooping outside (well, the dogs have) no problem and he's just confident and curious. This little man has no fear! Yesterday we stopped by Woofs! to visit with Auntie Ariana and Laura, who confirmed his coolness and his vigor! At 10 weeks he retrieves, follows, sits, and wants to eat and pick up and chew everything! Whew, he's been keeping us busy. We need to work on crating by himself, my man has some pipes!

Yesterday we also knocked a few things off our socialization roster- construction, noise, friendly dogs, goofy kid toys (thanks Newphew Nick) and car rides. I'll post pictures on the wiggle worm soon. Until now, here's one of his mom, big brothers and sisters. Check out http://www.siennapointevizslas.com/current_litter.html for more great pictures and info on this fabulous breeder and Vizsla lover!
More later,
Luv,
Sweets

free willy

Our little ground hog was safely caught (being a ground hog) in a live trap yesterday. He did enjoy appetizers before his release in the Sate Game Lands a few miles away- carrots, peaches and apples were his first, and last course. Sweets ran down to the pasture and I saw a brown tail flick in the trap, so I quickly escorted her back to the house while I tended to the Hog. I assured him I wasn't the kind of gal that would leave him entrapped in the rain, so we quickly loaded him up in the back of the car and we were off. The little guy seemed pretty calm during his short ride in the cage, no complaints and just a little teeth chattering. I pulled up and put the cage on the ground at the entrance to a path, fiddled with how to get it open and viola- I waited. He hung out in the back of the cage...
"turn around bud"....
more waiting....
my arm is getting tired....
"turn around bright eyes", I jokingly sang.
He poked his head out, looked back at me and I thought "oh please don't now decided to go for my ankles"
And he made a break for it.
We free'd Willy. Sweets is still in denial and has increased her ground hog security rounds in the pasture. Even after many sniffs of an empty cage, she's still like to believe that there is a Hog in the Pasture, like ole' Nessie in Loch Ness.

puppy social parties

Come one, come all. Sweets is eager to meet pups under 5 months, considering she will be having a full time baby brother (of the furry sort) moving in soon. Puppy Social Parties are a free community program for dogs under 5 months to socialize with other pups their age and meet new people. Dog owners often make the mistake of creating "bubble dogs" that later in adolescence or adulthood have fear based behavior or aggression issues as a result. We want to avoid that by taking early preventative measures. Check opbarks.com or email us at info@opbarks.com of more info. We have parties starting Saturday mornings Herndon, VA and Philly, PA as well as weekday evening parties at our Bucks County PA Location.

green boy

Yesterday Sweets jumped out of bed at 3:30 am and was a little confused as to why she was woken up. No midnight pee breaks, but in a few weeks, that will change! I flew to Chicago yesterday to watch temperament testing of the Jolie/Chase litter, born in early June. Cathy and Larry (Vizsla breeders) gladly put me up for the night and were gracious hosts.

I finally got to meet the crew! All were very different pups and sweet peas at that. They all evaluated well with handling- not one stress yawn or "I got cooties" shake off when restrained. Yellow girl is the spunky monkey and of the three males, the winner is...Green Boy! He's the smallest tater of the three males, is inquisitive and curious like his spunky sis, Yellow Girl and seems like he'll be a great match for us and for Sweets. He's an appropriate little man that we're looking forward to welcoming him to the casa. Cheers to the little guy and looking forward to agility and flushing those birds!
Luv,
Sweets